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Raisa Cohen
Raisa Cohen New York Immigration Court
Immigration Enforcement & Legal Risk: What Every Attorney Needs To Know Today
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Immigration Enforcement & Legal Risk: What Every Attorney Needs To Know Today

This program provides a practical overview of how immigration enforcement now intersects with multiple areas of legal practice, including criminal, civil, personal injury, and beyond. Drawing on her experience as a former U.S. Immigration Judge, Raisa Cohen offers a judicial perspective on enforcement trends, risk identification, and how cases are ultimately evaluated in immigration court. Attendees will gain actionable strategies to identify immigration-related risks early, advise clients appropriately within ethical boundaries, and coordinate effectively with immigration counsel to protect both clients and case outcomes.

Topics covered include:
Immigration Law
Agenda:
  • Overview of the Relevance of This Topic
    • Why immigration issues now affect attorneys across all practice areas
    • How immigration issues arise in criminal, civil, family, and transactional contexts
    • Judicial perspective on how these issues surface in immigration court
    • Introduction to enforcement risk, record risk, and case disruption

  • The Current Enforcement Environment & Changes Since January 2025
    • Key shifts in enforcement posture
    • Decline of prior 'safe assumptions'
    • Increased unpredictability in enforcement patterns
    • Judicial observations from removal proceedings
    • Practical implications for attorneys

  • Immigration Enforcement Touchpoints in Legal Practice
    • DHS touchpoints (USCIS interviews, ICE check-ins, biometrics)
    • Criminal court appearances and courthouse enforcement
    • Probation and supervision appointments
    • Jail release and ICE detainers
    • Judicial insight into how cases originate from these touchpoints

  • Enforcement Priorities, Custody, and Bond Realities
    • Who is most likely to be targeted
    • Key risk multipliers
    • Bond is not a right: detention framework
    • Transfers and jurisdictional challenges
    • Judicial perspective on detention and bond limitations

  • What Attorneys Can and Cannot Advise Clients
    • Permissible guidance for non-immigration attorneys
    • Constitutional protections (administrative vs judicial warrants)
    • Ethical boundaries
    • When to refer to immigration counsel
    • Judicial observations on common attorney mistakes

  • Identifying Immigration Risk at Intake (All Practice Areas)
    • How to identify risk without asking immigration status
    • Key intake questions
    • Recognizing early warning signs
    • Judicial patterns seen in problematic cases

  • Resources & Red Flags for Immediate Referral
    • ICE detainee locator, EOIR system, USCIS status tools
    • Recognizing key immigration documents
    • Red flags requiring immediate referral
    • Judicial perspective on missed early intervention

  • Overview of Common Immigration Relief Pathways
    • Asylum, cancellation of removal, adjustment of status
    • U visas, T visas, VAWA, SIJS
    • How non-immigration cases support relief
    • Judicial insight into persuasive evidence

  • Key Takeaways for Attorneys Across Practice Areas
    • Immigration issues affect all practice areas
    • Early identification changes outcomes
    • Importance of record-building
    • Practical steps attorneys can implement

  • Questions & Answers (As Time Permits)
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Duration of this webinar: 60 minutes
When: Premieres in 26 days | May 21, 2026 10:00 AM PT
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Speaker
Raisa Cohen
Raisa Cohen United States Immigration Judge (Ret.)
New York Immigration Court

Hon. Raisa Cohen (Ret.) is a former United States Immigration Judge who served on the bench at the New York Immigration Court (26 Federal Plaza) after her appointment in 2016. In that role, she presided over removal proceedings, bond hearings, and complex cases involving admissibility, credibility, and humanitarian relief. Read More ›

Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Credits

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Alaska CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 General

California CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 General

Hawaii CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 General

Illinois CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 General

Missouri CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.20 General

Nevada CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 General

New Jersey CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.20 General

North Carolina CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 General

Ohio CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 General

Pennsylvania CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 Substantive Law, Practice, and Procedure

Texas CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 General

Vermont CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.00 General

West Virginia CLE

Status: Approved

Credits: 1.20 General


This presentation is approved for one hour of General CLE credit in Alaska, one hour of General CLE credit in California, one hour of General CLE credit in Hawaii, one hour of General CLE credit in Illinois, one hour of General CLE credit in Missouri, one hour of General CLE credit in Nevada, one hour of General CLE credit in North Carolina, one hour of General CLE credit in Ohio, one hour of Substantive Law, Practice, and Procedure CLE credit in Pennsylvania, one hour of General CLE credit in Vermont, and one hour of General CLE credit in West Virginia. This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.20 hours of total CLE credit. This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1.00 credit hours.

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